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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae)

Common Names
Sesame; Benneseed; Beni; Ajonjoli (Sp.); Sesamo (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2010.0 4969.0 0.56 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 4220.0 11818.0 0.94 *
VALINE 3 Seed 5490.0 15527.0 0.43 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf *
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Plant 388.0 *
WATER 0 Seed 45100.0 50820.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ZINC 77 Seed 24.0 102.0 1.61 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiepileptic 6 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 1 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigargantitic 1 *
Antigastritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antigingivitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiglaucomic 1 *
Antiglossitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 *